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On the Floor Dance Studio’s competitive clogging team, Burn the Floor, recently traveled to the USA National Clogging Championships in Nashville, TN over Labor Day weekend. Teams from across the U.S. competed at Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center.
Burn the Floor consists of cloggers...
Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe gave the keynote address as the families of the fallen, representatives of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, donors, and members of the public gathered to dedicate a memorial on Tuesday, Aug. 30. The memorial recognizes the three Troop G officers who made the...
Jason’s Mexican Restaurant opened for business on West Main Street in Willow Springs on Sept. 1. Here, owners Jose Mendiola and Juanita Macias cut the ribbon on opening day. Also pictured from left: David Lagos, Carlos Mendiola, Maria Rizo, Megan (last name redacted), and Alejandro Macias. ...
MUNCH (Missourians United to Combat Hunger) is a food pantry and thrift store in Willow Springs that feeds 1,500 people every month. To finance their efforts, MUNCH also operates the thrift store. Donations to the thrift store attract thieves who pick through the donations for the best items and...
Christian Women's Connection has taken over the use of the old Town and Country building on Fifth St. in Mountain View. The main work of their ministry is hosting clothing giveaway events. The volunteers report their most recent event provided free used clothing for 2,433 individuals from 583...
Missouri's largest edible fruit, the pawpaw, can grow up to 6 inches long, with peak ripening in September. Can you find the biggest one? Help celebrate this edible part of Missouri's history by participating in the Fourth Annual Picking Up Pawpaws Contest at Bennett Spring State Park.
To join...
The weatherization program at Ozark Action, Inc. (OAI) is slated to get over $1.5 million for weatherization activities for the next half decade.
“We will receive a total of $1,641,013 in funding to help low-income homeowners and renters save a few dollars each month on their utility bills,”...
Westbound U.S. 60 in Howell County will be reduced to one lane as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform concrete repairs.
This section of roadway is located north Route 17 to Pine Street in Mountain View, Missouri.
Weather permitting, work will take place Wednesday, Sept. 28...
The University of Missouri Extension in Howell County is offering the 2nd Annual Howell County Equine Conference on September 20 at 5:00 p.m. at the Howell County Extension Center, located at 1376 Bill Virdon Blvd. in West Plains.
Dr. Katlin Hornig of Gainesville Veterinary Hospital will...
On August 16, the Howell County Adult Drug Court held a ceremony to celebrate its twenty-eighth graduate from the program in just ten years. This was the third graduate for 2022.
The Howell County Drug Court is designed to reduce recidivism and incarceration. Drug courts are an alternative to...